Academic Skills and PDP

ACADEMIC SKILLS AND
PDP

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................................4
Defining the concept of Personal and Professional development...............................................................4
Describing the value of short term goals and examples of three personal aims....................................6
Describing the value of medium term goals and examples of three personal aims...............................7
Describing the value of long term goals and examples of three personal aims......................................8
Describing the value of personal development plan.............................................................................9
CONCLUSION...............................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES.............................................................................................................................................................10
APPENDIX - 1...........................................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills provide a person opportunities for advancement of potential and abilities
which helps in achieving aims. The current assignment will be based on personal and
professional development concept. . It will define value of short, medium and long term goals
with various examples to assess their importance. Furthermore, lastly the study will justify
importance of personal development plan and examples using determined aims.
MAIN BODY
Defining the concept of Personal and Professional development
Personal development –This term refers to the activities that help to develop or improve
a person’s abilities, skills and their potential It is a lifelong process, which states that all these
areas of development may take place in every stage of life for an individual(Aoki, and Rawat,
2020). It helps an individual to assess their aims and set personal objectives to realize and
maximize potential. The concept of personal growth, raised from various set of basic aims
considered by a person which includes fulfilling psychological needs, safety needs, emotional
needs and self-esteem.
It helps in building a clear vision where an individual want to be in life. The lifelong goals of a
person may vary depending on needs and desires(Daneshfard, K. and Rad, 2020). Personal
development helps a person in planning of achieving the personal set goals. It is important
regarding improvements in abilities and potential of an individual which will help him to achieve
his aim. It helps an individual to learn and adapt to various new skills which may help him to
increase his potential.
Professional development – This concept refers to the growth of an individual's
professional skills, abilities and potential which may help him to succeed in his career. These
activities include education, training and certification. The skills required by an employee is
never constant, it may change according to the necessities of a job, an individual needs to adapt
those additional skills in order to perform.